5. What do we have? You cannot expect old designs to work in new circumstances Birmingham Metropolitan College
6. What could learning be like? ‘All learning starts with conversation’ John Seely Brown Northumbria University
7. What are we trying to do? ….. Creating the conditions to enable flow experiences that motivate and engage learners Saltire Centre, Glasgow University
21. ‘I believe passionately that when you walk through the door of a place of learning, you should feel proud, uplifted, motivated… That should be our intent.’ Mark Haysom, Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Council
23. Relating Creativity to Learning Spaces Creativity is about doing things differently in order to gain some extra value. Designing spaces that enable us to challenge our existing assumptions and expectations requires us to be open to creating new kinds of spaces – ones that work in new ways and stimulate new insights.
26. Metaphor as a technique Your local council has funding for a new community college to be built in an area that has no local college. High unemployment with very few local people taking up further and higher education – transport appears to be one major issue. The community library is very heavily used and is in need of refurbishment and update. Plan: to incorporate the community library into the community college new build.
29. Building upon your own experience and ideas Discuss suitable metaphors for your space – choose 1 Using this as a guide, sketch out your ideas for the new community library